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...so should I!?


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:27 pm
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weird

I was saying the same other day, and my mother in law gave me a copy to read, prob get through it when on holiday (about the only time I have to read)


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:30 pm
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I remember enjoying it, so, yes.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:32 pm
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I only read it this year and really enjoyed it (and the stage production that is currently making it's way around the country).

So yes you should!


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:37 pm
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I had to read it for my English Literature GCSE. Not something I'd ever have chosen to read, but I remember thinking it was surprisingly good at the time.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:38 pm
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Never read it, but will when I get time...

The film is a real cracker though!


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:41 pm
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ive literally taken delivery of a copy today!


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:42 pm
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I read it years ago when I figured I should try and read the "classics".

Got to the end and wanted to start it again. So, yes.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 4:51 pm
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Its great, so: yes.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:04 pm
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I also had it for my English O-level and didn't really enjoy it. But then I'm not known for my reading taste...


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:16 pm
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Posted : 14/07/2015 5:25 pm
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chipps - I work here
I also had it for my English O-level and didn't really enjoy it. But then I'm not known for my reading taste...

...or writing.....

😉


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:25 pm
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One of my favourite books. Just reading it again to my kids who are loving it.
Works on so many different levels. Read it!


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:29 pm
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yes read it at school and thought it was good which considering I was reading 2000ad at the same time is as a ringing endorsement as you can get 😀


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:29 pm
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Definitely.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:43 pm
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Yes.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:47 pm
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Wasted on non literary teenagers. I would have hated it at gcse age.

It is however a brilliant book to someone with more patience and a wider knowledge of the world


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 5:50 pm
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You've never read TKAM. ..get me my pitchfork 🙂

Ps yes as posted by many above it's a great book


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 6:05 pm
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I've read it. long time ago, can't remember what its about. Can someone remind me?
Actually, it can't be that good, if I can't remember it - other classics linger in the memory forever (The Old Man and the Sea; Catch 22; lord of the Flies , etc)


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 6:27 pm
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You've never read TKAM. ..get me my pitchfork

Nope - I did CSE English (in 1983) and we didn't do such high-falutin literature. They were happy if you just turned up to a lesson!

I'll add it to my list of books to read.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 6:30 pm
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ive literally taken delivery of a copy today!

I see what you did there.


 
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Yes, yes you should.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 7:04 pm
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Read it during English literature over 26years ago, cannot even remember what it's about so obviously not a great read by my standards, now Brighton Rock on the other hand...


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 7:46 pm
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yes, it's very good (my literary genius on show for everyone there) I just read it for the first time a few weeks ago after a conversation with a mate who also had never read it.

I've moved on now to Catch 22 because I've never read that either - picking stuff out of a [url= http://www.reddit.com/r/raerth/comments/cpxkq/reddits_favourite_books/c0udvs9 ]Reddit list[/url]


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 9:23 pm
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I read it a few years back, at the age of 35 - and to be honest, I couldn't quite see what the fuss was about. It's nicely written, sure, but seemed instantly forgettable. In fact, I had pretty much forgotten all that had happened in it until the recent publicity.

And I'm a lover of Classic books.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 9:30 pm
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Read it for GCSE, I remember enjoying the book but not so keen on all the analysis that went with it.


 
Posted : 14/07/2015 9:39 pm
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Never read it. For someone who loves books and reading, I'm very thinly* read. A problem I blame on a career as a lawyer - talk about a way to kill enthusiasm for reading for pleasure.

I have, however, just ordered it and Go Set a Watchman.

*thanks to Eddie Izzard.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 9:35 am
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I'm not sure I've read anything that was on other people's GCSE syllabus but wasn't on mine.

I read a lot, but (a) mostly non-fiction and (b) almost nothing that everyone agreed was amazing 20 years ago. I understand that this will mean I am missing out, but I haven't got time to catch up on all the culture that happened before I was born. I've not seen The Godfather, either.

🙂


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 10:00 am
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[i]can't remember what its about. Can someone remind me?[/i]

So memorable for everyone then!?

[i]I've not seen The Godfather[/i]
That's just silly.


 
Posted : 15/07/2015 10:16 am

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